New Portrait Shots
Today my colleague Annelise Wunderlich took some portrait shots to use for our internal site. I love the background she picked! Which one is your favorite?
Co-teaching a Media Making Workshop at Boys and Girls Club of San Leandro
This month is one of the rare times when I get to teach actual students. For the month of February I get to working with a group of teens at the Boys and Girls Club of San Leandro as a pilot project for our Youth Media Challenge at KQED. The Boys and Girls Club of …
On Classroom Attention and Smartphones
I read this really interesting conversation with Georgetown professor Jeanine Turner on how smartphones have fundamentally changed the dynamic of what students “being present” means, even when the phone is turned off. This section in particular gave me pause: I absolutely believe that every teacher, every presenter in a business situation, if you want people’s attention on you, you …
Celebrating Five Years at KQED!
I’m of course proud to celebrate my five year anniversary at KQED. It’s been a wonderful journey and I’ve learned and grown so much being here. But honestly I’m even more grateful to be among colleagues celebrating 10, 20, and even 30 years at KQED! A testament to how happy and proud folks are to contribute …
2023 Highlights: Strategizing, Networking, Connecting with the Public… and Roller-skating
The year 2023 was a time of planning and exploration for my work at KQED, with lots of exciting connections and conversations started that hopefully will bear fruit in the coming year. A highlight for me was getting to travel to Los Angeles to participate in the first Leadership Summit organized by the National Association …
Being Your Fullest Self at Work: a Tuba, a Haiku and Roller Skates
This week I fulfilled a dream: skating for my colleagues at work. This was the culmination of a conversation I had with my co-worker Debbie about six months ago, where I asked her, “What would it take for us to host an open mic?” She replied, “Someone to organize it.” Six months later, I’m in …
Workshop on Teaching Students How to Analyze the Media, September 27
Sign up for my next teacher workshop on September 27: “Go Behind the Camera to Help Students Analyze Media Messages”.From TikTok videos and “authentic” social media influencers to advertisements and docudramas, teaching students how to critically read media is more important than ever. In this workshop, learn how media messages are built not just through …
Embracing My Inner Uhura
I was watching the latest musical episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, in which one of the principal characters, Nyota Uhura, considers what her role is on the starship Enterprise. It’s a banger of a number and the actress Celia Rose Gooding kills it. It hit me right in the feels, not only because …
“Wait Can I Use That”? Free Workshop on Copyright for Educators August 23
I’m excited to announce that I am going to be leading a teacher workshop on one of my favorite topics COPYRIGHT! No seriously. So much fun. The workshop is called “‘Wait, Can I Use That?’ Understanding Copyright, Creative Commons and Public Domain for Media Making” and it will take place on Wednesday August 23 at …
Rollerskating and Implementing a New Skill in the Classroom
So I’ve been thinking a lot about the ongoing challenge of translating our professional learning classes for teachers into actual changes in the classroom. Of course my thoughts go to … roller skating. During the pandemic, tens of thousands of pairs of roller skates were purchased by people as a response to being cooped up …